Yeah, that’s right. The Daily Bender comes first today. The Morning Buzz for Seasonal Playbook Pro customers will be out a little later than usual. Why? Because this Scooter Gennett nonsense is out of control. I’m actually surprised by how much chatter there is from seasonal players today, considering we should all know who Gennett is and what he’s really capable of doing over the duration of the season, but still, people are asking if he’s worth picking up.

Was Gennett’s 5-for-5, four-homer, 10 RBI day amazing? Yes it was. Will it go down as an historic performance in Reds history? Yes it will. I don't want to take anything away from this performance. It was definitely one for the ages. But it appears fantasy baseball owners need a slap in the face with reality based on what I’ve been hearing this morning.

Listen. If you think adding Gennett this morning is the right move for your fantasy team, you obviously have zero clue as to who he is or how to play this game. Picking up Gennett today or at all this week is nothing more than chasing yesterday’s numbers, something we have discussed not doing over and over again. Outside of the deepest of NL-only leagues (and I mean like crazy, super deep), Gennett isn’t doing squat for your fantasy team.

First of all, let’s analyze the player…

Gennett is a career platoon player. He came up in the Brewers system and was afforded a pretty decent opportunity to play, but ultimately, the team did not view him as someone they needed in the lineup regularly. He’s a good defender and is capable of playing around the infield, if necessary, but as a hitter, we’re looking at somewhere between mediocre and below-average. His plate discipline in the minors was good and as a part-timer for the Brew Crew, he limited the strikeouts well but was more about making as much contact as he could. His swing rates were high and his swings outside the zone were plentiful. As scouting reports were passed around the majors, pitchers caught wise of his penchant to hack and as you can see by his peripherals from 2015 and 2016, the strikeouts have increased while the average and OBP have dropped significantly.

Sure, the guy hit 14 homers for the Brewers last year while he supplanted a struggling rookie named Orlando Arcia, but the rest of his numbers -- from the .263/.317/.412 slash line to the limited RBI production to fewer than 10 steals – were pedestrian, at best. Would it be possible to see him smack double-digit home runs again this year? Maybe if he saw 500-plus plate appearances again, but that’s not likely to happen.

While Jose Peraza’s on-base skills suck the big one, his speed and the Reds’ desire to let their kids cut their teeth in the majors is going to keep Gennett on the bench most of the time. He’ll see those occasional starts to spell the rest of the guys, but there is no way of knowing when he’ll be in the lineup save for that day. Do you really want to take up a bench spot with a guy you may have active once or twice a week (at the most) and is more likely to go 0-for-5 for you than he is 5-for-5 with four home runs? I don’t think so.

I mean, where else do you want to go with this guy? Career platooner who occasionally steps in shit and gets some at-bats, below-average power, a 25-percent strikeout rate and no full-time job? When analysts look to offer up player comps, they’re digging back to the 1940’s when a game like this randomly happened once before. They’re talking about players from 1894, for crying out loud. Is this the player profile of someone you want on your fantasy team or are you just blinded by this one good game because your DFS lineups got crushed by the sharks whose algorithms and lineup generators left them with nothing more than a few bucks so they took a shot on a guy who was batting fifth against a chump pitcher in a hitter-friendly ballpark? Allow me to reach back into the bag of wisdom my granddaddy left me and remind you that the sun shines on a dog’s ass at least once and that dog’s ass just happens to go by the nickname Scooter.

You’re better than this, people. Stop with the nonsense. You don’t need to pick him up. He is not worthy of a roster spot unless your league is so ridiculously deep there is seriously no one left on your waiver wire. Stop friggin’ chasing yesterday’s numbers.